Following a number of efforts by the Greek authorities in Egypt and the Foreign Ministry, in cooperation with the Egyptian Foreign Ministry, a Greek seaman, Nikos Papafotis, who has been detained in Egypt due to a matter concerning the guarding of a Greek-flagged vessel since February 2009, returned to Greece on Friday.
Mr. Papafotis had been appointed by the Egyptian Ministry of Justice as the legal guardian of the “Nikolas A.” vessel, which was ordered to drop anchor at Safaga Port in South Red Sea due to pending legal claims.
The Press Office of the Greek Embassy in Cairo issued an official announcement, according to which this case proved to be one of the most complicated in terms of the Sea Law. The numerous legal impediments that emerged over the years rendered the negotiations extremely long and difficult.
However, the longtime adventure of the Greek seaman has finally come to a happy end. Greek diplomatic authorities had managed to let the man get off the vessel by October 2010 and wait for the final legal decision allowing him to return to Athens, Greece.
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